After a while, the award ceremony began.

"The awards ceremony for the Skills Challenge has officially begun. Now, let us invite the champion of the 2013 NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge..."

"Damien!!! Leahrad!!!"

Inside the Toyota Center, everyone in the audience stood up unconsciously and kept shouting Lillard's name.

Lillard jogged all the way to the center of the court, hugged and exchanged greetings with the runner-up Holiday, then stepped forward to receive the trophy from Stu Jackson, another vice president of the league, kissed him first, and finally raised his hands high.

rise.

Last night was just an entertainment game, and it didn't matter whether he won or lost. But no matter what, this was Lillard's first time to participate in a basketball feast like the All-Star Weekend.

Winning the Skills Challenge Championship for the first time in my participation seemed to indicate that the All-Star Game was waiting for me.

After taking a look at the two teammates who came to cheer, Lillard knew that he had to work harder to truly experience the All-Star Weekend like Wang Zelin and Aldridge.

"Damien, do you have any acceptance speech?"

Lillard took the microphone: "First of all, I want to thank every fan who supports me. It is your cheer and encouragement that allowed me to break through my limits..."

"I would also like to thank everyone on the team for supporting me before the game!"

"Of course, I am even more grateful to my parents for giving me such an excellent talent!"

"The last thing I want to say is that the All-Star Game... is waiting for me. I will go there sooner or later!"

The moment Lillard put down the microphone, raised the trophy and looked around, the audience cheered.

Countless Hollywood movie stars, football, tennis and other sports stars on the sidelines were all applauding Lillard.

…

The skills challenge is over and it’s the three-point contest’s turn.?

Lillard's outstanding performance only brought three minutes of excitement to the skills challenge. After the excitement, the highlight in the fans' minds will always be three-pointers and dunks.

This year's three-point contest takes the form of a confrontation between the East and West. The three representatives of the East are Irving of the Cavaliers, Novak of the Knicks and Paul George of the Pacers.

The three representatives of the Western Conference are Stephen Curry of the Warriors, Ryan Anderson of the Hornets, and Matt Bonner of the Spurs.

Last year's three-point contest champion Kevin Love did not participate this year, and the most popular player became Warriors star Stephen Curry.

The league’s current top marksman!

Before the game, many people lamented that Klay Thompson should participate in the three-point contest. The latter's 14 three-pointers and a history-high 48 points in the rookie game are still the focus of discussion outside the court.

At this time, Curry was stretching on the sidelines, and many eyes were focused on the baby-faced No. 30 player.

Klay Thompson is so good. How good will Stephen Curry, who is ahead of him on the three-point list, be?

The host announces the rules of the competition:

1 The player who scores the most points by shooting within one minute is the winner;

2 The game is divided into two rounds with a total of five shooting points, including two points for offset symmetry, two points forty-five and one for Chen and one at the top of the arc:

3. Each shooting point has 5 balls, 4 of which are ordinary balls, which are worth one point if hit, and one is a flower ball, which is worth two points if hit... The full score is 30 points.

…

Ten minutes later, the three-point contest officially began.

Six players were drawn, and the most popular player before the game, Steve Curry, unexpectedly appeared first.

"Wow wow wow! The strongest player is actually the first to appear. Let's see how Stephen Curry's performance will be?"

On the court, Curry, who was drawn first, was also a little confused, looking like a primary school student who couldn't solve math problems.

I saw the elementary school student quickly adjusted his mentality, high-fived Klay Thompson, and came to the right corner.

"Are you ready?"

the host asked.

"OK!"

Curry nodded.

"Then, I declare...the game begins!"

As soon as he finished speaking, exciting music suddenly sounded, and Curry took the ball and took action quickly.

No. 1.

"Bang!"

Strike an iron blow in anger.

The second one~didn’t make it.

The 3rd one ~ Still didn’t make it!

He conceded three goals in a row as soon as he started, and the opponents behind him had bright smiles on their faces. Curry's teammates Klay Thompson, Harrison Barnes and others felt chills in their hearts and looked at Curry nervously.

"This is definitely not the level Stephen should be at!

"Is he paying homage to Kobe?"

The host's explanation made the tense atmosphere disappear.

Fortunately, the Black Mamba was not present today, otherwise something might have happened.

In the blink of an eye, the last flower ball came. This time Curry slowed down his rhythm, shook his wrist, and took the shot.

"Whoosh!"

Finally got in.

But Curry only scored two points on the first point.

Substandard!

"Is that guy really the top shooter on active duty?"

"At this level, even I can do it!"

The audience, who were looking forward to Curry's performance, began to boo. It was true that Curry's performance today was a bit eye-catching.

How do you say that?

How great is the expectation, how great is the disappointment.

At a 45-degree angle on the right wing.

Curry's performance was even worse, not making a single shot.

Two ordinary balls were hit at the top of the arc, and the final flower ball bounced around the basket for several times, and finally fell out of the circle, scoring only two points.

After three point shots, Curry only scored 4 points.

"WTF!"

Wang Zelin on the side almost laughed out loud.

He remembered that this was Curry's worst performance in the five three-point contests he participated in, but he really didn't expect it to turn out like this.

Maybe Curry is preparing to challenge Jordan’s record!

There are not a few people who have the same ideas as Wang Zelin.

Soon they reached a 45-degree angle on the left wing. Curry came up and hit three consecutive shots. He must have regained his feeling, and his shooting rate improved significantly.

In the last point, Curry shot very well, but his poor shooting percentage in the early stages had a great negative impact on Curry's total points.

17 points!?

With such a score, unless a subsequent player suffers the same serious disorder as Curry, it is certain that Curry will miss the finals.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Ryan Anderson made his second appearance, and the highlight was at the 4th point. He made all 5 goals and finally scored 18 points.

Bonner, the last player in the Western Conference, hit the first point, scored 18 points after shooting the first 4 points, and finally hit 20 points.

At the end of the Western Conference, the much-anticipated Curry was directly eliminated by the team members, which made many people stunned.

In the eyes of fans, Stephen Curry of the Warriors suffered the same fate as the Spurs' Tony Parker in the skills competition.

With the sound of "swish, swish, swish", the basketball flew out from the fingertips of many three-point masters, drew a beautiful arc, and then got into the basket, raising a white wave.

In the end, the Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving scored 23 points in the final, beating the Spurs' Bonner's 20 points and won the new three-point king!

Next is the dunk contest. In his previous life, Wang Zelin watched this dunk contest through video.

To be honest, just so-so!

Let’s wait for LaVine.

This slam dunk contest is not very attractive just from the list.

The one who attracted the most attention may be the NBA official specially invited one of the world's best dunker, the king of the free throw line - James White.

But it has to be said that White is a big-game dunker who habitually loses weight in big scenes.

The preliminaries ended with two deductions and he was eliminated with 77 points.
To be continued...